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What runway is Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) using right now?

Joint Base Andrews active runway and live wind: landing and departure 01L. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 06:36 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 01LDep 01L

Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) is using landing and departure 01L right now. The badge is the confidence: D-ATIS when the tape names the runway, otherwise the NOAA METAR wind vector scored against every threshold.

D-ATIS named the landing runway. Departure is shown on the same flow until the text says otherwise.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
320° @ 4 kt
Direction
320°
Speed
4 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1025 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 06:00

METAR KADW 270955Z 32004KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3026 RMK AO2A SLP254 T00990068 $

FAA D-ATIS J

Landing 01L · Departure not named · Closed none listed

ADW ATIS INFO J 0955Z. 33004KT 10SM CLR 10/07 A3026 (THREE ZERO TWO SIX) RMK PRES ALT MS33 TEMP 50H. ILS, RWY 1L VISUAL APPROACH, RWY 1L, 1R RNAV/GPS APPROACH, RWY 1R APPROACH IN USE. RWY 1R GS OTS, RWY 19L SFL OTS. ALL ACFT MUST READ BACK HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. ALL ACFT TURN TRANSPONDERS ON WHEN ENTERING MOVEMENT AREA. CAUTION, BIRD CONDITION LOW, BASH PHASE 2 IN EFFECT. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO J.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KADW

Every runway threshold at KADW. Headwind is on the nose. Tailwind is the same component when the wind is on the tail. Positive crosswind in the source math is from the right.

ThresholdTrue hdgLengthHeadwindTailwindCrosswindFromRole
01L360°11,301 ft3.1 kt0.0 kt2.6 ktLeftLanding + departure
19R180°11,301 ft0.0 kt3.1 kt2.6 ktRightStandby
01R360°9,756 ft3.1 kt0.0 kt2.6 ktLeftStandby
19L180°9,756 ft0.0 kt3.1 kt2.6 ktRightStandby
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Questions

What runway is Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 06:00 local, Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) is using landing and departure 01L. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Joint Base Andrews active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (320° @ 4 kt) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 01L shows 3.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.6 kt crosswind from the left. Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KADW or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KADW#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Joint Base Andrews?

Aircraft land and depart into the wind. Headwind is the part of the wind along the runway heading. Crosswind is the part blowing across the pavement. A negative headwind is a tailwind. At Joint Base Andrews (ADW/KADW) the live call is landing and departure 01L with METAR wind 320° @ 4 kt. 01L shows 3.1 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and 2.6 kt crosswind from the left. Controllers switch runways when the opposite threshold offers more headwind, or when the crosswind on the runway in use climbs. The component table lists every KADW threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.